Suction-cleaner.



T. B. HATCH & E. W. GOESER SUCTION CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

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SUCTION CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 10

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SUCTION GLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

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TRACY BARBOUB HATCB, OF

ALHAMBRA, AND EDWIN W ALTEB ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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. forming a chamber adapted for receiving the floor, the motor bein and carrying a suction-mechanism, a motor, a dust receptacle, and a suction-nozzle for the dust-receptacle, and provided with a handle for moving and guiding the machine. B,

a suction mechamsm mounted in the chamber of the carriage. C, a motor mounted in the chamber of the carria e. D, a dust receptacle mounted removab y in the chamber of the carriage. E, a suction-nozzle for thedust receptacle.

The operator rolls the carriage about upon connected to a lamp socket, the weight oft e machine pressing the suction-nozzle upon the floor, the edges around the inlet to the nozzle forming scrapers for engaging the floor and loosening the dirt, the dust laden air pass ing through the suction-nozzle and into the dust-receptacle where the dust is retained and the air assing through the dust-receptacle and tiirough the suction-mechanism and through the motorthereby cooling the our invention.

motor, 'and the suction-mechanism being provided with means for oiling, flushing and cleaning without removing from the chamber.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a traveling suction-cleaner embodying the principles of Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on. the line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 3 is a view'analogousto Fig. 2- and showing the suction-mechanism and motor as an integral device removed from the chamber. Fig. 4 is a viewanalogous to Fig. 2 and showing the suction-nozzle and dust-receptacle cap removed from the cham-' ber. Fig.5 is a perspective of the nous dust receptaclesack removed from'the chamber and removed from the ca Fig. u

ii is a perspective of the piston cylin, er cast mg the suction-mechanism. Fig. .7 is a cross-section of the suction-mechanism and takenon the line 77 of Fig. 3. Fig- 8 is a verticalsectional detail through one of the axles onthe line 8-.8 of Figs. 1 and 9. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional detail on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.. Fig. 10 is a sectional detail on the line 10 -10 ofFigs. 1 and 2 and show-.

ingthe brush mount-in for the motor. Fig.

11 IS a perspective of one of the suctionmechanism piston vanes.

' 'The traveling carriage A is shown in Figs. J

1,2, 8 and 9. The main frame is a cored and machined casting and with its fittings comprises the cylindrical bodyl, having the main chamber 2 extending from end .to end and normally pen at both ends,-there bein a finished transverse face 3 and an internaE screw-thread' at the front end, a bifurcated transverselybored iaxleboss 5 extending downwardly from near .the front end,- an

axle 6 mounted in the bore of the axle-boss' .5, a wheel 7 upon the axle 6, the axle-bosses 8, one on each side low down and near the rear end, the rubber-tired-tractiomwheels 9 having the finished hubs 10, the handle bail i 11 having-eyes fitting upon the hubs 10, the handle stops 12 to be engaged-by the handlebail when it is desired to raise the front end.

of the machine, the. handle 13 for the handlebail, the headed axles 14 inserted throu h the hubs of the traction-wheels into the ax ebosses 8 and held in place by the set-screws 15; there being an opening 16in the top of 3 the rear part of the body 1 to receive the electric cords 17* and. for mounting the switch 18*, and there being-vertically alined screw-threaded openings 17 and 18 for oil-' ing, flushing and cleaning the suction-mec h' anlsm, and a screw-threaded opening 19 for the insertion of a screw to hold the suctionmechanism in place; the forward half of and a. shoulder 21 for locating a dust collecting screen 21; The suctiontmechpmsm B is shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6 and 7 and isin the-form'of a rotary-pump; The piston chamber 22 is, formed in a casting com"rising the pistoncase 23; the piston-chem er 22'being bored cylindrical from the rear end and there being an inlet-port 24 through 'the'upper-part of the piston-case on one side of a central vertical longitudinal plane and an outlet-port 25 on the-other side of the line, there being an abutting-surface 26 between the inlet and outlet-ports, and there being an upwardlyprojectin g-lip 27 around the outlet-port to throw the oil and air outwardly away from the iston case; a flange 28 extending up- 24 and the outlet-port 25; the concentricbafie-plate 31 extending downward from the flange over the outlet-port 25-; the flanges 28,29 and 30 extending longitudinally of the piston-case and substantially radially therefrom; the chamber-head32 extendingtransversely from the front end of the piston case and connecting the flange 29, the flange 30 and the bathe-plate 31, so as to leave the front end of the pump inlet-chamber 33 open toward the dust-receptacle; the chamberhead 34textending transversely from the rear end of the piston-case and connectin the hafie-plate 31, the flange 29 and the ange 30, so as to close the rear end of the pumpinlet charnber 33 and close the rear end of the pump-outlet-chamber 35; the chamberhead 32 closing the front end of the pumpoutlet-chamber 35 and there being an outletpassage 36 backwardly outside of the baiiie plate and through-the chamber-head 34; the oil-cup block 37 between the flanges 28 and 30; there being an oil-cup 38 formed from the top of the block and an oil passage 39 leading downwardly to the piston-chamber 22 and an oil passage 40 leading downwardly through the piston-case behind the flange 29, said oil passages being preferably in vertical alinement; so that when the pump is in place the oil-cup 38 registers with the screwthreaded opening 1'? and there being a screwplug 41 for said opening 17 to close the oilcup and so that the oil passage 40 is in alinement with the screw-threaded opening 13, there being a screwihreaded plug 42 inserted in the opening 18 and closing the oil-passage i0; so that the pump may be oiled, flushed and cleaned; the bearing-block as extending hachwardly from the piston-case and closing the rear end of the piston-chamher 22, the bearing-openingda being eccentric to the piston-chamber 22; and thernotoraao,

attgphing arms 45 and 46 extending backwardly from the chamber-head 34:, there be ing an opening 47 in the arm 45- ior the passage of the electric-cord and there being an opening 48 to register with the screw-threaded opening 19, so that a screw 4-9 maybe inserted to hold the motor and pump in place in the main chamber; the casting be- 111g turned to finish the peripheral faces of the chamber-heads to fit closely in the main chamber 2 thereby completing the pumpinlet-chamber 33 and the pump-outlet-chamber 35.

The rotary-piston-head 4:9 is cylindrical and of less diameter than the piston-,chamher and-has a journal 50 extendingthrough' the ,bore of the bearing-block 43 so as to mount the rotary-piston-head eccentric inthe piston-chamber; the length of the piston-head fitting the length of the pistonchamber and there being a longitudinal transverse slot 51- through the piston-head from its forward end to receive the pistonvanes 52 and 53, said vanes being held against the inner-surface of the pistonchamber by centrifugal force and said vanes being made of aluminum to reduce the weight thereby reducing the centrifugal. force and reducing the friction. The journal 50 has a bore 54 extending from its rear end to receive the shaft of the motor, and

a transverse slot 55 extending from the bore 5st to receive the fiattened end of the motor. shaft. The piston-chamher-head 56 is bolted to the end of the piston-case to close the piston-chamber, and an internallyscrew-threaded boss 57" projects forwardly from the piston-head to receive the screw 57* inserted through the screen 21*.

The motor C is shown in detail in Figs.

2, 3, and 10; The frame 57 of the motorfield fits close in the main chamber 2 and butts against the ends of the motor attaching-arms 45 and 46, the ifrontwindings 58 fitting between the arms, 'iherear motor no hearing 59 is formed at the center of a hemispherical-cap-plate 60, said capplate having a shoulder 61, which abuts against the end of the cylinder and a flange 62 extendsinwardly and fits againstthe side of 5 the motor-field frame 57, there beingalropenings 63 through the cap-plate 60. The motor'shaft 64 is mounted with its forward end in the journal 50 of the piston-head, the

front end 65 of the motor-s1aft being fiat- 12g tened'to fit non-rotatably in the slot 55. After the parts are placed together the screws 66 are passed in through the airopenings 63 and inserted through the flange 62, through the niotor-field-irame 57 and screw-seated in the ends of the motor-ate; taching-arms i5 and 46, thus holding the suction-mechanism and motor together as a single organization, as shown 1n B 1g 3,

so that it may he manipulated as a whole 134 a edi n the main. chamber am shown inF1g.2.- l a -The dust-receptacle i s' shown in detail v in"Fig's.' --2,1:4- and 5. The "dust-receptaclecap-plate may be unscrewe cap is acasting comprising the:bell-shaped central body 67 havin" an exterior-screw thread. 68 on its forwa having an outwardly projecting sack rim 68 on its rear and large end; the annular web-69 extending outwardly back of the screw thread 68; the exteriorly-screwthreaded-flange 70 extending backwardly from the web 69 and fitting in the thread v 4; and the annular flange 71 extending outwardly from the flange 70 and having a finished face 72 to match the face 3, there being a gasket 73 between the faces 3 and 72 to make a tight-joint; and the periphery 74 of the flange 71 being knurled. The dustsack 75 has longitudinalloops 76 around its open end and an endless-elasticbflnd 77 is 'located in theloops to contract'the end of the sack, so that when the rim B8 is inserted into the mouth of the sack the elastic-band 77 will contract behind the rim and hold the sack in place and make a tight joint,'so that the dust-receptacle may be applied to the main chamber 2, as shown in F1g. 2, and so' that when it is desired to em ty the sack the d and the sack removed. Thesuction-nozzle E is a casting comprising the parallel-lips 78 and 79 between which is the mouth opening 80; the outer surfaces of said lips being rounded so as to.

run smoothly forwardly or backwardly u on the floor, and the inner faces of said ips being straight soas to form sharp edges to serve as scrapers for loosening the dirt, the rear scraper throwing the dirt into the mouth when the machine moves forwardly and the forward scraper throwing the dirt into the mouth when the machine moves backwardly; and the neck 81 extending upwardly andbackwardly from the lips 78 and 79. A union nipple 82 is screwed into the.

neck and a union-nut 83 connects the nipple to the cap-plate, so that the dust passing 1nwardly through the mouth'will pass into the sack. The inlet to the dust-receptacle is above the dirt in the sack so that the dirt is not likely. to spill out through the nozzle while the machine is right side up on the floor. The motor brushes 65? are mounted through the cap-plate. e

Thus we have constructed a self-contained traveling suction-cleaner. The weight of the forward end of themachine rests. upon the suction-nozzle and' both lips of the nozzle engage the 'floor at the same time and it is not necessary to manually press the nozzle upon the floor. The wheel under the front end of the machine is normally raised from the floor and only comes into use when the suction-nozzle is removed. The suction and small end and;

tor, thereby cooling the motor. I '7 nozzle may 1 be removed, and ahose '-noz zle atta-chedfor-cIeani-ngfurniture, closets and thelike'r J -When the motor operates and the-machine travels about,'the dust laden airpas'ses into thegdust-receptacle, the air passing throu h the fdraminous wall 'of the sack leaving t e dirt in the sack, and the air-passes through the suction-mechanism and through the mo- We claim:

1. In a suction-cleaner, a hollow cylindrical body normally open at both ends,

wheels supporting the hollow cylindrical body, a motor'mounted in the rear end of the hollow cylindrical body, a pump mount-- ed in the intermediate portion ofthe hollow cylindrical body and connected to the motor,- the forward end of the hollow cylindrical body forming a chamber for the reception 85 l of the dust sack, a fittingremovably mounted onthe forward. end of the hollow cylindrical body, a dust sack removably c'onnected tothe fitting, and a nozzle carried by thefitting.

2. A hollow' cylindrical body, wheels supporting the hollow cylindrical body, a motor 1n the rear end of the hollow cylindrical body, a pump in the intermediate portion of the hollow cylindrical body, a nozzle removably connected to the forward end of'the hollow cylindrical body, and a dust sack removably. connected to the nozzle and mounted in the forward end of the hollow cylindrical body.

3. A hollow cylindrical body mounted on 7 wheels, a motor in the-rear end of the hollow cylindrical body, a pump in the -inter-' mediate portion of the hollow cylindrical body and connected to the motor, a dust receptacle cap removably connected in position to close the forward end of the hollow cylindrical body, a dust receptacle carried by the cap and mounted in the forward end of the hollow' cylindrical body, a union extending forwardly from the dust receptacle cap, and a nozzle connected to the union.

4. A hollow cylindrical body normally open atboth ends, amotor mounted in the rear end of the hollow cylindrical body, a

. pump mount'ed'in the intermediate portion of the hollow cylindrical bodyand connected to the motor, a nozzleconnected to the form WW the hollow bfiy, sai bbdy ham cylindrical 'bmly may be filtmfii upofl the. I

ing a ndzzle connecfiaed to its hunt and whgelsby Ina-mi ulatin the handle,

adapted to support said how endi, a bail TRAC A BDUR 'JEGH.

connected to t-he liollo rvTeylindrical body, a EDWIN WALTER GOESER.

5 handle attached to.the bail and stm s pm- Witnesses:

acting from the hollow cylindrical ed to Es'mmm M. LESAGE,

engaged by the'bail so thmyihe ho ow HELEN M. Dmscombi 

